Dutch: Few accents
Afrikaans: Accents
Dutch: ij combination
Afrikaans: y for the ij sound in Dutch. Sounds the same as ij
Afrikaans: 'n
Free suggestion for linguistic paper:
Compare Afrikaans-Dutch, Continental Portuguese/Portuguese, Latin American varieties of Spanish with European Spanish. Which varieties have changed the most?
Want to see the whole video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv-CzFy8yxM
Nine minutes long. Afrikaans contrasted with Dutch and German
I've never met anyone who learned Afrikaans who wasn't from South Afrika. Have you?
It's dang or daang close (Dutch and Afrikaans both have double vowels) to Dutch. If you hear it spoken you may understand it if you know German and some Dutch.
Afrikaans: Accents
Dutch: ij combination
Afrikaans: y for the ij sound in Dutch. Sounds the same as ij
Afrikaans: 'n
Free suggestion for linguistic paper:
Compare Afrikaans-Dutch, Continental Portuguese/Portuguese, Latin American varieties of Spanish with European Spanish. Which varieties have changed the most?
Want to see the whole video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv-CzFy8yxM
Nine minutes long. Afrikaans contrasted with Dutch and German
I've never met anyone who learned Afrikaans who wasn't from South Afrika. Have you?
It's dang or daang close (Dutch and Afrikaans both have double vowels) to Dutch. If you hear it spoken you may understand it if you know German and some Dutch.